Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Conquerors of the World." These mighty heroes deemed that in conquering Asia they had "conquered the world," and the subsequent discovery of lands they had never heard of scarcely dims their devastating glory...
Some who heard Mr. Gerard last week may have wondered why he chose to utter even the most guarded praise of Wilhelm, who, in 1914-18, was introduced to the U. S. as a rat-faced youth, leering synthesis of cowardice and cruelty. They forgot that Ambassador Gerard looked occasionally for several years upon the actual face of Crown Prince Wilhelm. What does he look like anyway...
...audience that heard this impressive statement, delivered last week in Atlantic City by Edward McKernon, superintendent of the eastern division of the Associated Press, was a band of publicity men representing the Federal Council of Churches. A very different section of the U. S. was simultaneously being given a very different picture of the Associated Press...
...flair for slapstick showmanship, it may be doubted that the American Mercury is now read for idle-minded amusement by sheepish culture-hunters less than it is read with deep attention by serious people. The half-baked phrase-snatcher on whose lips "babbitt" and "moron" are now most often heard must infuriate Mr. Mencken while he continues to get out the most provocative review...
...practice to write under a false address, or disguised, to pay a visit to these evildoers. This led to mistakes but the method was not without value. It was Anthony Cornstock who decoyed the notorious Madame Restell to jail and then drove her to kill herself. When he heard of the latter event, the reformer said, "A bloody ending to a bloody life." While he was not alone in his campaigns, few associates went all the way with him. Most of his contemporaries in fact, detested him. "The spirit that lighted the fires of the Inquisition," wrote Ezra Heywood, eccentric...